JANUARY 15-28

Australian Open 2018: Men’s preview

Rafael Nadal 
Back at No.1 after superb 2017, winning two more Slams. One Australian Open title, in 2009

Roger Federer
Begins defence of Australian Open title after another stellar 2017 – he also won Wimbledon

Grigor Dimitrov
Ranked career-high No.3 after winning ATP finals – lost epic five-set battle to Nadal in
2017 semi-final

Alexander Zverev
Huge potential but yet to make major impact in Grand Slams, 4th round his best to date


PLAYER RECORD 		Nadal 	Federer Dimitrov Zverev
2017 win-loss		67-11	52-5	49-19	55-22
2017 titles		6	7	4	5
Career titles (total)	75	95	8	6
Grand Slams		16	19	0	0


MASTER CLASS
Nadal and Federer start new season holding all four Grand Slam crowns for first time since 2010

23 	All-time meetings:	15
	Nadal v Federer

Australian Open meetings:
Federer	6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 Final, 2017
Nadal 7-6, 6-3, 6-3 Semi, 2014
Nadal 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-4 Semi, 2012
Nadal 7-5, 3-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-2 Final, 2009

Last meeting:
Federer 6-4, 6-3 Shanghai, Oct 2017


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